Oral History
Interviewee: Frederick Sommer (b. 09/07/1905 - d. 01/23/1999)
Interviewer: Marj Prince and Peg Campbell
Audio Number: 1045-1046
Duration: 02:02:24
Date: March 21, 1995
Topics Discussed: Frederick Sommer personal history; his work as an architect, photographer, writer and artist
Westerners Presentation
Title: Yaqui Indians
Presenter: Rev. Peter V. Somonoff
Audio Number: 76A (Side 1)
Duration: 00:45:52
Date of Presentation: January 2, 1967
Westerners Presentation
Title: Colonel William G. Green
Presenter: C. L. Sonnichsen
Audio Number: 749
Duration: 00:47:17
Date of Presentation: January 9, 1970
Oral History
Interviewee: Ernest Lee Sorrells (b. 12/09/1924 - d. 05/19/2017)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1159
Duration: 00:37:33
Date: September 25, 1996
Topics Discussed: Sorrells family history 1920; Angora goat ranching 1920-1945; Kirkland, Arizona 1930; Yava School 1930
KYCA Radio Broadcast
Program Name: Yavapai Associates Weekly Musical Travelogue
Host: Grace M. Sparkes
Producer: Grace M. Sparkes
Speaker: Sharlot M. Hall
Audio Number: 1598
Duration: 00:05:40
Date: February 7, 1941
Topics Discussed: KYCA radio broadcast presents The Yavapai Assoicates Weekly Musical Travelogue arranged and conducted by Grace Sparkes. Includes information regarding Yavapai County; Prescott; Fort Whipple Hospital and general Arizona history. The recording abruptly changes to Sharlot Hall speaking about early Arizona history, the war with Mexico and General Carlton and then abruptly stops. The music of Home on the Range is used at the beginning of the broadcast.
Oral History
Interviewee: William "Will" J. Sparkes (b. 09/23/1935)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1442
Duration: 00:49:13
Date: November 12, 2002
Topics Discussed: William Sparkes personal history, his aunt Grace Sparkes, memories of Prescott 1940s
Westerners Presentation
Title: The Taxless Toot: Building the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway
Presenter: Robert L. Spude
Audio Number: 99A (Side 1)
Duration: 00:34:01
Date of Presentation: March 7, 1975
Westerners Presentation
Title: Joseph Walker: A Frontier Hero
Presenter: Robert Stagnell, M.D.
Audio Number: 175A (Side 1)
Duration: 00:35:10
Date of Presentation: June 5, 1987
Oral History
Interviewee: Margaret Christine (Chiantaretto) Staranick (b. 11/19/1917 - d. 06/27/2005)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 882
Duration: 00:23:24
Date: October 14, 1991
Topics Discussed: Chiantaretto family history; ML Ranch in Dewey, Arizona; St. Joseph's Academy, family dairy business
Oral History
Interviewee: William G. Statler (b.11/06/1924 – d. 06/18/1981)
Interviewer: Pioneer Productions Staff Member
Audio Number: 1152
Duration: 01:00:31
Date: 1989
Acquisition Number: ACC#2021.044
Topics Discussed: Gold Mining in Arizona, Statler’s Personal History and becoming a Miner, Mines & Mining Industry and Operations.